Classy on Sunday // Happy Independence Day!

As I type, these words enter my patriotism filled head, and I begin to hum the wonderful tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic…

“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored, He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword, His truth is marching on!”

What a glorious song!For this Independence Day, my sisters and I had been asked to perform vocally at our town’s 4th of July Fireworks Show. We had spent a few weeks getting our list of songs ready, and during that time, my wonderful mother used her extra hours in making this style of dress in the above and below pictures, for the girls and I to perform in. Isn’t this one lovely? To our great shock and dismay, the coordinator of the celebration called us up on the morning of the big day to tell us that the show was canceled due to too much rain. Canceled? Yes, canceled. We all knew that it really would be useless to get up on the town stage to perform for the crowd who wouldn’t be there. And who would want to come to a soggy, not to mention smokey fireworks show! Certainly not us!

So we celebrated the Day by ourselves, and made the best of it that we possibly could of a very wet 4th.

Back to the dress…

Mom and I got a little fabric savvy with my dress, and decided to use material from two old regency dresses; one came from Brigi, and the other came from a costume I had worn to another Independence Day celebration several years ago, of which you can view here. I love that fun detail! It gives this dress much more character, and it reminds me of that past day, full of so much fun, laughter, and an overwhelming sense of Life, Love, and Liberty!

Now if there is one last thing that I can appreciate about this dress, it would definitely be the ties at the shoulders! Why? Only because they hide away the unmentionable straps with the greatest of ease! How? Why they get tied right in, and thus it makes for an easy wear too!

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